Difference between Funeral and Burial

What is the difference between Funeral and Burial?

Funeral as a noun is a ceremony to honour of a deceased person. while Burial as a noun is the act of burying; interment

Funeral

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A ceremony to honour of a deceased person.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Being related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.

Burial

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of burying; interment

Example sentence: The mystery at the center of 'Burial Rites' is not who killed whom on the night of March 13, 1828. It is the mystery each of us encounters: Can we every truly know another? Can we ever truly know ourselves?

We hope you now know whether to use Funeral or Burial in your sentence.

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